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For admissions details, visit: saunders.rit.edu/myapp Financial Aid Available Access over $19 million in financial support to approximately 2,200 graduate students, as provided by RIT just last year Admissions • Quick admissions decisions • Generous scholarships available • Receive scholarship decisions upon acceptance • GMAT or GRE accepted • GMAT waiver option available • Work experience is not required Get Started Today • Rolling admissions, no application deadlines • Start an application today to secure placement before cohorts fill up • Apply early for best scholarship consideration • Finish program in as little as 12 months • Part-time options start every semester 94% Placement Across All Programs i #6 for Graduate Employment ii #85 Full-time MBA Program iii Career Connections Leverage the power of a Career Services and Cooperative Education Office that places more than 4,100 students with over 6,100 employers annually. Tap into a worldwide network of more than 118,000 RIT and 18,000 Saunders College of Business alumni. Entrepreneurship & Innovative Ventures IDENTIFYING TODAY’S PROBLEMS TO DELIVER TOMORROW’S SOLUTIONS The world is changing at an increasing pace as new technologies, products and services improve our lives in significant ways. As an entrepreneur and innovator you lead the movement as you grasp how to identify problems and view them differently to create unique and creative solutions. At RIT your advantage is a rich entrepreneurial culture and the top ranked Simone Center for Student Innovation. Teachers, mentors and capstone projects bring real-world experiences and a wealth of resources to compliment your passion as a maker and doer. In your program students focus on entrepreneurial and innovation processes by which inventions and creative new ideas are brought to market. World-renowned resources in business, science, technology, engineering, and arts allow entrepreneurship thrive at RIT. Saunders College professors bring industry experience and include entrepreneurs, C-level executives, vice presidents, and leading scholars in disciplines like technology management. Our students benefit from small class sizes and dedicated faculty advisers that provide one-on-one guidance. As a graduate of the program you will have a unique combination of technical and business expertise relevant to large incumbent firms or new start-up ventures. THE NEXT GENERATION OF MAKERS & DOERS EXPERIENCE UNLOCKED • Strong industry connections • Real-world experiences • 94% placement rates MASTER OF SCIENCE • #1 Student innovation center • #10 Management Information Systems • RIT: 3 rd largest STEM University THE FUTURE UNLOCKED • Create your own brand • Customize across 9 RIT colleges • Global campuses and resources YOUR PASSIONS UNLOCKED • Dedicated advisors and faculty who get to know you personally • High faculty to student ratio PERSONAL ATTENTION UNLOCKED THE SAUNDERS DIFFERENCE BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY UNLOCKED 100% Scholarship available for Tiger Tank winners saunders.rit.edu/ttc
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For admissions details, visit:saunders.rit.edu/myapp
Financial Aid AvailableAccess over $19 million in financial support to approximately 2,200 graduate students, as provided by RIT just last year
Admissions• Quick admissions decisions• Generous scholarships available• Receive scholarship decisions upon acceptance• GMAT or GRE accepted• GMAT waiver option available• Work experience is not required
Get Started Today• Rolling admissions, no application deadlines• Start an application today to secure placement before cohorts fill up• Apply early for best scholarship consideration• Finish program in as little as 12 months• Part-time options start every semester
94% Placement Across All Programs i
#6 for Graduate Employment ii
#85 Full-time MBA Program iii
Career ConnectionsLeverage the power of a Career Services and Cooperative Education Office that places more than 4,100 students with over 6,100 employers annually. Tap into a worldwide network of more than 118,000 RIT and 18,000 Saunders College of Business alumni.
Entrepreneurship& Innovative Ventures
IDENTIFYING TODAY’S PROBLEMS TO DELIVER TOMORROW’S SOLUTIONSThe world is changing at an increasing pace as new technologies, products and services improve our lives in significant ways. As an entrepreneur and innovator you lead the movement as you grasp how to identify problems and view them differently to create unique and creative solutions.
At RIT your advantage is a rich entrepreneurial culture and the top ranked Simone Center for Student Innovation. Teachers, mentors and capstone projects bring real-world experiences and a wealth of resources to compliment your passion as a maker and doer. In your program students focus on entrepreneurial and innovation processes by which inventions and creative new ideas are brought to market.
World-renowned resources in business, science, technology, engineering, and arts allow entrepreneurship thrive at RIT. Saunders College professors bring industry experience and include entrepreneurs, C-level executives, vice presidents, and leading scholars in disciplines like technology management.
Our students benefit from small class sizes and dedicated faculty advisers that provide one-on-one guidance. As a graduate of the program you will have a unique combination of technical and business expertise relevant to large incumbent firms or new start-up ventures.
THE NEXTGENERATION OF MAKERS & DOERS
EXPERIENCE UNLOCKED
• Strong industry connections• Real-world experiences• 94% placement rates
MASTER OF SCIENCE
• #1 Student innovation center• #10 Management Information Systems• RIT: 3rd largest STEM University
THE FUTURE UNLOCKED
• Create your own brand• Customize across 9 RIT colleges• Global campuses and resources
YOUR PASSIONS UNLOCKED
•Dedicated advisors and faculty who get to know you personally• High faculty to student ratio
PERSONAL ATTENTION UNLOCKED
THE SAUNDERS DIFFERENCE
BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY UNLOCKED
100% Scholarship availablefor Tiger Tank winnerssaunders.rit.edu/ttc
Saunders College of BusinessRochester Institute of Technology, founded 1829
saunders.rit.edu/apply [email protected] (585)475-6916
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN EIVsaunders.rit.edu/ms-eiv
EntrepreneurshipResources
-One of a select few federally funded National Science Foundation i-Corp Grant Recipient
-RIT partners in national Integrated Photonics initiative
-Nine RIT Colleges recognized in all STEAM disciplines
Centers
-Simone Center Where business, engineering, computing, and design students meet and collaborate to launch ideas
-Venture Creations IncubatorIncubator with 20+ mid-seed companies commercializing innovative products and services
-Saunders ConsultingStudent consultant projects with regional companies - from start-ups toFortune 500
-The ConstructUniversity-wide makerspace for rapid prototyping, featuring 3D modeling and open to all students
-CUEBuilding wealth through entrepreneurship in urban communities
Competitions
-Tiger Tank
-Student Innovation Challenge
-Business Model Competition
-Finger Lakes Regional Business Plan Competition
Programs
-Digital Entrepreneurship
-Entrepreneurship Scholars
-Idea Lab
-InnovationChallenge Grant
-Innovators Hour
-Saunders Startup
-Studio 9.30
-Student Incubator
-Team Builder
CURRICULUM12 MONTHS, 30 CREDITS
“I highly suggest branching out to meet professors and students from other disciplines at RIT. These connections become invaluable moving forward, andyou have a more diverse network to work with after graduation.”
Emily Hart, 2015 Director of Business DevelopmentSeating, Inc.
Be your own boss and launch yourstartup with a wealth of hands-on resources including:
• Work with companies RIT Venture Creations business incubator
• Access to our #1 ranked Simone Center for Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship
• Collaborate with RIT students in other world-recognized disciplines in science, engineering, computing, arts and design
• Pitch ideas to venture capitalists to gain seed money for projects. Or get paid for developing your idea at Saunders Start-up
• Access the Construct rapid prototyping makerspace or tap Center for Urban Entrepreneurship, IdeaLab, Innovators Hour programming
i. Rochester Institute of Technology Career & Co-op Office, Saunders four-year average placement rate for graduates 2012-2015. ii. Among schools ranked nationally by U.S. News & World Report, Saunders is tied for #6 for Full-time graduates employed three months after graduation, with a 96.4% rate. iii. U.S. News ranks Saunders #85 in their 2017 Best Business Schools Rankings.
CAREERPOSSIBILITIES
Student Incubator, Simone Center for Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Best Colleges Online
#1Graduate Entrepreneurship program - Eduniversal, USA Business SchoolsRanking, 2015
#33Entrepreneurship program – Bloomberg BusinessWeek, 2014
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“You will experience a program that gives you opportunities to work on cutting-edge new venture creations while connecting with students and expert resources in science, technology, engineering and art disciplines found onlyat RIT. Your startup interest and experience are enhanced through real-life business exposure on a campus offeringa top rated entrepreneurship culture; guided by facultyand industry mentors possessing successful entrepreneurship experiences.”
Shal Khazanchi, Ph.D.Chair of Management DepartmentDirector of MS in ManagementDirector of MS in Entrepreneurship and Innovative Ventures
COURSES
Financing New Ventures Applied Venture Creation
Organizational Behavior Marketing Conceptsand Leadership and Commercialization
Entrepreneurship and Legal and Accounting IssuesNew Venture Creation for New Ventures
Two of the following courses:
Project Management Technology Management
Design Theory and Management of Innovation inMethods Seminar Products and Services
Commercialization and Product and Brand ManagementMarketing of New Products
Free Graduate Electives 1 (choose 2)
1. Non-Saunders College classes at RIT must be approved by program director and are subject to prerequisites
